The Great Hall Of Comedy and A CD Review

Friday, November 14th, 2008 | Plugs, Uncategorized

Happy Friday!

1. First preview of All I want For Xmas Is 700 Billion Dollars is in the books, left to judgment of history as to where it belongs in the great hall of comedy. There’s a great hall, didn’t you know that? Every comedy that’s ever been done ever, is judged by history, ranked and then sent to the great hall of comedy for inventory.

Anyway, preservation of that which makes us laugh aside, the first preview went pretty well. All the best of stuff hit exactly like we thought it would (can you imagine how annoying it would be if it didn’t?) and the newer material, when put in front of an audience stood up well and bent at the weak points. Now, we clean up or remove the weak points and try again.

It’s a science really.

2. Have you guys heard of the band Parts and Labor? They’re pretty great. I’m not sure how to describe them, but you should give them a listen if you like your rock loud and messy and layered. All of the songs on their latest album, Reciever, might be best described as carefully busy, always building to a frenzied finish. FOTIs. It’s been a while, huh?

Mike

2 Comments to The Great Hall Of Comedy and A CD Review

Fred
November 14, 2008

Annoying if the Best Of stuff didn’t hit? I dunno. I dream of the day that audiences tire of the 12 Days songs. That will be a good day indeed!

mike fotis
November 14, 2008

Maybe annoying isn’t the right word. I don’t know. I just mean that since this show does rely a little bit on “best of” material, it would be frustrating to see that material not hit, because you’d have to waste some energy that might reserved for re-working new material on searching the archives for new stuff.

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